Ticket-stapling machine.



H..WEBER.

TICKET STAPLlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30. I914.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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H. WEBER.

TICKET STAPLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30.1914.

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H. WEBER.

TICKET STAPLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30. 19x4.

1,159,447. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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HENRY WEBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LATI-IAM MACHINERY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TICKET-STAPLIN G MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed July 30. 1914. Serial No. 854,023.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY WEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-stapling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ticket stapling machines in general and relates particularly to the placing of staples in tickets for use on clothing and other similar merchandise.

The present machine is designed to pierce the ticket which is fed to the machine in a continuous strip, with a staple and partially clench the legs of the staple under said ticket so that the staple will be held in place in the ticket.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an adjustable mechanism which will receive the tickets, in a continuous strip, from the stapling mechanism and sever them into individual tickets, said mechanism being adjustable to form tickets of various lengths and sizes.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all

. as hereinafter more fully described, claimed,

and illustrated in the accompanying draw? ings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stapling machine constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and illustrates the cutting mechanism for severing the tickets which are operated upon by the machine in a continuous strip. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,v and illustrates the cooperation of the knives which constitute the cutting mechanism. Fig. 1 is a view taken along line 4.4c of Fig. 1, and illustrates the clenchers in plan view and the adjustable guide for the strip of tickets. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the tickets, illustrating the staple therein positioned and clenched by the present mechanism. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the clenchers, and illustrates in dotted lines their closed positions.

Reference being had more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates generally the frame for the machine, provided with a gooseneck 11, upon which is mounted a stapling head 12 of a standard construction.

A drive shaft 13 is mounted in the goose neck 11 and drives not only the stapling head 12, but also the clenching mechanism, as will hereinafter be apparent.

A pulley 14 is mounted on the shaft 13 and is adapted to be connected thereto to rotate said shaft by the clutch indicated generally at 15, operable by the pedal rod 16.

An eccentric 17 is keyed to the shaft 13, and is designed to operate the clenching mechanism.

A rod 18 is mounted for vertical reciprocation in the bearings 19 on the frame of the machine in direct vertical alinement with the eccentric 18. The upper end of this shaft is provided with a roller bearing 20, which is operated upon by the eccentric upon'the rotation thereof to'reciprocatc the rod 18 vertically. This rod is retained in a normally elevated position by the spring 21, which is interposed between the upper bracket or bearing 19 and the upper terminal of the rod 18, thereby normally holding the roller bearing 20 in constant contact with the eccentric 17.

A lever 22 is pivoted to the frame 10 of the machine at a point medial of its length and is bifurcated as at 23 at its inner terminal for engagement with the lower end of the rod 18, so that as the rod 18 is reciprocated by the eccentric 17 the lever 22 will be oscillated about its pivotal point. The outer terminal of the lever 22 is pivotally connected to a vertically reciprocable rod 24, which is designed to operate the clenchers. The mechanism which has just been described is the usual and standard construction, which forms parts of Patents Nos. 548,681, 683,821, 683,822, and 980,647, and forms no part of the present invention other than an operating mechanism therefor. The connections and mounting of the'rod 24 are likewise of the usual and standard construction.

The upper terminal of this rod 24: extends through a bed plate 25, which is located directly under the stapling head 12, and is provided at its upper terminal with an offset hook or head 26. This hook or head 26 has roller bearings 27 thereon, which normally rest horizontally and operate the. clenchers to form the staple as shown in Fig. 5.

Upon the bed plate 25 of the machine and with the stapling head mechanism and which form a housing for the clenchers.

A bar is secured or formed centraily to one of the offset portions 29 and abuts and rests flush in the plane of the opposite offset portion 29, said bar constituting the means whereby the legs L of the staple b are spaced when they are partially clenched to assume the positions shown in Fig. 5.

Pivoted upon each side of the bar 30 is a clencher 31, the outer face of which is in clined outwardlyand upwardly and terminates at its lower end in a right angular arm 82.

Stops 33 are interposed between the offset portions 29 of the blocks 28 adjacent to the upper widened ends of the clenchers 31 and against which said clenchers rest prior to any movement thereof toward the bar '30.

- The roller bearings 27 of the head or hook 26 operate against the inclined faces of the clench'ers 31 and as the hook moves upwardly these roller bearings force the clenchers 31 toward the bar 30 until the inner faces of said clenchers rest approximately flush against the bar. The legs L of the staple after the same have pierced the ticket T rest between the inner faces of the clenchers and the bar 30, so that when the clcnchers are moved about their pivotal points toward the bar said legs L of the staple S will be bent to the dotted line position Fig. 7 where they rest flush against the bar 30. l/vhen the head or hook 26 moves downwardly the roller bearings 27 will contact with the arms 32 of the clenchers and-swing the same outwardly until the upper terminals of the clenchers will rest against the stops 83. In this manner the legs of the staple are partially clenched as illustrated in Fig. 5, leaving the major portions thereof unclenched so that'they may pierce another section of material and be clenched manually thereto. The tickets are fed in a continuous strip T from the forward side of the machine over the upper edges of the ofiset portions 29 to the grooved guides M which are carried by the blocks 35 secured to the bed plate 25 of the machine, by bolts 86. These blocks are provided with the slots 37 through which the bolts 36 extend, thus providing for an adjustment of the blocks 35 to and from one another so that tickets of various widths nfay be accommodated.

The continuous strip T extends to the cutting mechanism operable from the drive shaft 13, where the strip T is severed into the individual tickets T. This cutting mechanism comprises a pair of shafts 38 and 39,

interposed between which and mounted for reciprocation thereon is a frame 40. One side of thls frame is provided w1th'a setscrew ll, whereby the frame is locked in any 1 The shaft 39 is of its adjusted positions. provided with a keyway 42, whereby osc1llatioii imparted to said shaft will be transv mitted'to the cutting mechanism, as will be apparent. upon the shaft 18 and isconnected by a pit man lat, which cooperates with the groove of said cam and receives a vertical oscillation therefrom, to an arm e5 keyed to the free.

terminal of the shaft 39. Mounted upon the shaft 39 for reciprocation with the frame i0 is an air-1114b, which is provided with a key 4:? that is slidable in. the keyway 42 :of the shaft 39. On each sideof the front of thef tickets in the strip T. An upper, knife 50 is carried between the guides 4:8 adjacent the.

upper terminal of the frame and cooperates wlththe lower knlfe a), as. illustrated in Fig. 3, to separate or cut the strip T.

In order to insure the prdper contact of the legs L of the staple with the clenchers 31, the inner faces thereof are provided with the grooves 31, which receive the legs-of the staple. These grooves 31* also extend across the upper ends of the clenchers to accommodate the portions of the legs of thestaple already clenched. V Y

I claim:

1. The combination with a stapling head, of clenchers coeperating therewith, stationary pivots for said clenchers and means for operating saidclenchers to partially clench a staple formed by said head and to form an offset in the leg of said staple for fastening said staple to another a ticle.- V

2. The combination with a stapling head adapted to form and drive a staple, into a continuous strip of tickets arranged to be fed to said stapling head," means for partially clenching astaple driven into said strip of tickets by said head, and adevice for severing said strip into' individual tickets, after the staples have been inserted therein and it has passed said stapling head,

and means for adjusting said device relative to said head.

3. The combination with a stapling head adapted to form and drive a staple,-into acontinuous strip of tickets arranged to be fed to said stapling head, means for partially clenching a staple driven nae said strip of tickets by said head, and adjustable means for severing said' strip into individ- A grooved cam s3 is mounted 11a]. tickets, after the staples have been inserted therein and the portion carrying the staples has been moved away from said head.

The combination with a stapling head arranged to operate upon a continuous strip of material, a drive shaft for said stapling head, a rock shaft and means carried by said rock shaft and operable from said drive shaft for severing said strip of material into sections.

5. The combination with a stapling head, of a drive shaft cooperating therewith, a rock shaft and a stationary shaft, a frame mountable for reciprocation upon said rock shaft and said stationary shaft, cutting elements carried by said frame, and means for operating said cutting elements from saidrock shaft.

6. The combination with a stapling head, of a drive shaft therefor, a rock shaft, a frame adjustably mounted on said rock shaft, knives mounted in said frame, means for oscillating said rock shaft from said drive shaft, and a connection between said rock shaft and said knives.

7. The combination with a stapling head, of a drive shaft therefor, a stationary shaft and a rock shaft, a frame adjustable on said stationary shaft and said rock shaft, knives carried by said frame, means for oscillating said rock shaft from said drive shaft, and a constant connection between said rock shaft and said knives.

8. The combination with a stapling head, of a partition cooperating therewith, clenchers having pivots arranged adjacent to said partition and in fixed relation thereto, and means for operating said clenchers to and from said partition whereby the legs of a staple are partially clenched.

9. The combination with a stapling head, of a partition cooperating therewith, a clencher pivoted on each side thereof, and a hook movable relative to said clenchers for moving said clenchers about their pivots to and from the partition aforesaid.

10. The combination with a pair of pivoted clenchers, of a clencher rod reciprocable relative thereto, an abutment member and a connection between said clenchers and said rod whereby the clenchers are moved to and from said abutment member.

11. The combination with a pair of pivoted clenchers, of a. partition interposed therebetween, and means for moving said clenchers to and from said partition, said means including reciprocating cam rolls adapted to cooperate with said clenchers to alternately move said clenchers in opposite directions.

12. The combination with a pair of pivoted clenchers, of a partition interposed therebetween, and means movable relative to said clenchers for oscillating said clenchers about their pivotal points so that their inner faces lie approximately flush with the partition aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 28th day of July, A. D. 1914.

HENRY WEBER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES T. WILSON, CHARLES H. SEEM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

